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| - William "Willie" Francis Tanner is the father of the Tanner family, performed by Max Wright, and a social worker at the Social Services Department of Los Angeles County. Willie is a shortwave radio enthusiast, and it was a result of his shortwave radio signals that ALF followed them and crashed into his home. Willie also avidly collects scale model train sets. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, (although he claims to be from Ohio when the support group comes to the Tanner house) and he attended Claremont High School, then later graduated from UCLA. Willie also claims to have gone to Amherst College. Willie has a bachelor's and master's, although it is unknown which degree was attained from which school. Willie majored in social science. When Willie uses his homemade ham radio to call somebo
- He was arrested by the Secret Service after ALF made telephone calls to the President in an attempt to convince the President to deactivate the nuclear weapons program and disassemble America's Nuclear Stockpile, which were misconstrued as the alien trying to threaten the president. Like his wife, he was a flower child during the 1960s.
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| - William "Willie" Francis Tanner is the father of the Tanner family, performed by Max Wright, and a social worker at the Social Services Department of Los Angeles County. Willie is a shortwave radio enthusiast, and it was a result of his shortwave radio signals that ALF followed them and crashed into his home. Willie also avidly collects scale model train sets. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, (although he claims to be from Ohio when the support group comes to the Tanner house) and he attended Claremont High School, then later graduated from UCLA. Willie also claims to have gone to Amherst College. Willie has a bachelor's and master's, although it is unknown which degree was attained from which school. Willie majored in social science. When Willie uses his homemade ham radio to call somebody, he uses the callsign "K726 XAA". He was arrested by the FBI after ALF made radio calls to Air Force One, but after another call came in while Willie was in custody, his innocence was determined as he could not have been two places at once, and Willie was released by the President. Like his wife, Kate, he was a flower child during the 1960s. Willie's mother wore a wig, something that made Willie sad to discover when he was six years old. Willie had a grandfather that taught him to walk away from his bully Clarence instead of trying to fight him. The same grandfather apparently talked to corn chips. Willie dated Kate's sister (which ALF refers to as "the hideous one") for a while before dating Kate. Willie has had a somewhat difficult relationship with ALF. He does not appreciate ALF's carelessness or party animal attitude. Sometimes, what ALF would do what would cause Willie to lose his temper and get very angry with him, often followed by Willie screaming loud or banishing ALF to the garage. As Willie has been interested in astronomy, he considers it a blessing that ALF has landed in the Tanner home and is genuinely interested in what Melmac was like.
- He was arrested by the Secret Service after ALF made telephone calls to the President in an attempt to convince the President to deactivate the nuclear weapons program and disassemble America's Nuclear Stockpile, which were misconstrued as the alien trying to threaten the president. Like his wife, he was a flower child during the 1960s. Willie and ALF have a good, if often strained, relationship. They tend to bicker and snipe at one another, but each will also do their best to come to the others aid in times of strife, though Willie tends to be more strict than ALF would like. Next to Brian, Willie seems to have the strongest bond with ALF out of the cast and the two share as many scenes together, if not more, than do Alf and Brian, Willie's first son. Many of the arguments that the characters often engage in revolve around the cross cultural difference between Earth and Melmac, or sometimes simply come about because of some bizarre behavior Alf is engaging in. Despite their strained relationship, Willie has referred to ALF as being "amazing" and often marvels at some of the things ALF has revealed about the universe beyond the Earth's solar system. Alf holds Willie in high regard for letting him stay with the Tanners and protecting him from the Alien Task Force and despite their arguments, Alf is usually the first to try to help Willie when things go wrong. He is played by Max Wright.
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